DHS chief: Menendez intern should have been deported earlier
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she didn't order immigration agents to delay arresting an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender working for Sen. Robert...
View ArticleProgressives applaud as GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of N.M. OKs gun background...
New Mexico's leading lady, Gov. Susana Martinez, has come out in support of a bill to impose background checks for those who buy firearms at gun shows.The bill, sponsored by a Democrat, also would pave...
View ArticleNapolitano: No need to bind amnesty to border security
Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano told lawmakers Wednesday that the southwest border is more secure than ever and warned against holding legalization hostage to more border security —...
View ArticleSource: Sen. Menendez failed to report one of his Dominican Republic flights
Sources are telling Fox News that Sen. Robert Menendez failed to report at least one of the trips he took to the Dominican Republic on the plane of his friend and campaign donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen."He...
View ArticleMarco Rubio: Sip of water heard ‘round the world goes unnoticed at Poland Spring
Sen. Marco Rubio's now-infamous reach for a sip of water during his State of the Union rebuttal is the best thing to happen to Poland Spring since the invention of plastic packaging.Twitter feeds were,...
View ArticleObama vows to lead the crackdown on North Korea
President Obama ushered in some tough talk in his Tuesday-evening State of the Union address, pledging the United States would take a leadership role against North Korea's provocative nuclear...
View ArticleObama eyes State of the Union momentum to push his $1 billion manufacturing...
Trying to build momentum on his State of the Union address, President Obama is traveling Wednesday to North Carolina to outline his $1 billion plan to boost U.S. manufacturing.Mr. Obama will visit...
View ArticleObama vows to talk trans-Atlantic trade treaty with EU
President Obama has answered pressures from Europe with a promise to begin talks on free trade with the European Union.This could be the world's largest free-trade zone; last year's trade levels among...
View ArticleGay rights activists demand DC Comics fire Mormon Superman writer
A writer for DC Comics' Superman series has come under attack by homosexual rights activists, who view his work as anti-gay and want him fired.Orson Scott Card is one of a team of writers and artists...
View ArticleCongressional members send subtle messages with ribbons, pins
It's the message of the ribbons: Dozens of congressional members wore green ribbons at Tuesday's State of the Union address to show solidarity with victims of gun violence.ABC News says the ribbon...
View ArticleObama's minimum wage hike to $9 would kill jobs, report says
President Obama's push to hike the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour may sound good to minimum wage earners, but business owners and economic analysts aren't applauding. History shows...
View ArticleSenate Republicans shoot down new court to oversee drone strikes
Senate Republicans shot down a Democrat-inspired plan to create a new court to oversee the use of drones for attacks, saying the idea intrudes on executive powers."I think it's a terrible idea," said...
View ArticleSen. Rand Paul: We won't 'let the liberals tread on the Second Amendment'
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul issued a blunt response to the State of the Union Tuesday evening, calling out liberals on gun issues and renouncing President Obama's king-like way of governing."We will not...
View ArticleGOP Wis. Gov. Scott Walker proposes moving Medicaid patients to 'Obamacare'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who vehemently opposed "Obamacare," is now looking to the federal health reform act as a cost-cutter to the state's Medicaid system.He's proposed Obamacare as...
View ArticleChuck Hagel filibustered by GOP for defense post
Republicans succeeded Thursday in blocking a vote on Chuck Hagel, President Obama's defense secretary nominee, by launching the first filibuster in history against a president's choice to fill the...
View ArticleCrystal Ball: Senate Democrats on high alert in seven 2014 races
Borrowing a grading system based on the "Star Trek" franchise, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics warns on Thursday in its latest breakdown of the 2014 Senate races that Senate Democrats...
View ArticleSocial Security head Astrue: Program fraying from neglect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue has some parting shots for Congress, the White House and advocates for seniors. They have all "really walked away from Social...
View ArticleICE agent Chris Crane admits law limiting welfare for immigrants not enforced
A law aimed at preventing immigrants from becoming dependent on government assistance is not enforced, said one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.In a Wednesday conference call, Chris...
View ArticleRepublican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, illegal immigrant clash on immigration
A heated back-and-forth between Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and an 18-year-old college student who confessed to being an illegal immigrant has turned even hotter, as players on both sides give...
View ArticleAbortion opponents find favorable terms with Obamacare's state exchange system
Pro-life activists have found the state exchange system mandated under Obamacare is actually a good way to restrict abortions, according to one policy analyst at the National Women's Law Center.The...
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